Link to an excellent vintage Air Tanker TV special

[Larry Kraus]

I was flying Butler Aircraft’s DC-7 Tanker 62 while the National Geographic crew shot the footage for this TV special. I managed to hide from the interviewers and cameras, although I do show up in the background now and then and T62 also is in there. I always wanted to get access to the raw footage from this because they used a Cessna Caravan as a camera ship and they overflew me on a landing at Fox Field. It should have been good stuff because they were only a couple of hundred feet above me from turning final to after touchdown.

I haven’t followed the link,yet, but I have a copy of this program on VHS tape somewhere. It’s really worth watching and the Fire Aviation website is safe.

http://fireaviation.com/2018/04/26/tbt- ... bers-1998/

Last edited by Larry Kraus on Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[wendovertom]

Pretty cool! and yes, it is a slow day at work

Tom P.

[sledge39]

... good stuff Larry .. .thanks for the link ...

. sledge

[maxum96]

Larry,

I hope you don't mind me putting some links up on some youtube videos and photos I found of old air tankers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3PaVmmsbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h2Tbd4nLZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANuDjDJWdtE

[Larry Kraus]

Any good tanker videos or pictures are always welcome. Thank you for the links.

[sledge39]

Checked the tanker numbers in the " Firebombers at Hemet 1980 " video...

and discovered I've got photos of all eight of 'em...also shot at HMT in 1980.

01 C-54 T-119 N406WA (R-2600's replacing the R-2000's)

02 C-54 T-02 N11712

03 C-119 T-82 N13745

04 B-17 T-65 N5237V (bullet nose)

05 S-2 T-71 N403DF

06 S-2 T-72 N405DF

07 PB4Y T-127 N6884C

08 PB4Y T-30 N3739G

[phil65]

I like the S-2's....

Thanks for posting,
Phil

[sledge39]

.
....different edit of the Nat-Geo program ( NO SOUND )...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv6aYGGbqTA